Thanks to the opportunity given to me by guys from LoadImpact.COM i recently tested my Linode 512 MB VPS with advanced load levels, simulating well-almost a “slashdot effect”. And while my WordPress blog was able to withstand a maximum load of 250 simultaneous users (that’s what these guys use as a measure of load simulation) for one of my client’s Drupal installation numbers were not really that good. Take a look at graphs with comments after the break.
Make your LEMP website faster by installing eAccelerator
Hosting PHP
The other day i had a discussion with someone about how fast Java-powered website are, because the code is compiled and serving a page takes a breeze. The point of discussion was me writing code using php, which is a scripting language and compiles code on-the-fly every time you make a request to the website.
So i decided to take a little experiment involving current LEMP (php-fpm/mySQL Linode VPS host) setup for the client’s WordPress blog and add eAccelerator to it.
Log only certain file types being downloaded from your website with nginx access_log directive
Hosting
Say you host a website where you have workshops in PDF and would like to get statistics on how many people download them, but due to the setup of your CMS (in my case Drupal) and links being already on the website it is almost impossible. Luckily, those of you who use Nginx as their web server can configure it to log only certain file types being downloaded.
Here is how
Why you don’t need to have a website today unless you are a corporation
ThoughtsWhen I see people looking to create their website I start to smile. Little do they know that after spending time designing and re-designing it, populating and re-writing content they will end up spending ten times more time promoting in order to get traffic. Waste of time and energy vs. having yourself listed on “social web” in minutes and creating an army of followers – is what they all miss.
If all you care of is business and connections, why create something and try to spin it out when it is already out there for you? With ton of traffic flowing and tools helping you grow.
Whale watching in Provincetown
Reviews
Late fall is when i visited Provincetown for the first time. As the weather was gloomy friends suggested on going for the whale watching tour in the ocean. And it was a lot of fun and new experiences. Check out pics and video after the break.
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